Monday, May 19, 2014

Mets Minor League Roundup 5/18: Reynolds helps B- Mets to Victory

Mets Minor League Roundup 5/18:

Mets AAA - EL PASO 10, LAS VEGAS 9: Jace Peterson produced a game-tying homer in the bottom of the seventh against Joel Carreno and Jake Goebbert capped the scoring by homering against Miguel Socolovich later in the inning as Las Vegas dropped to 31-12 on the season. Trailing by a run in the ninth, Andrew Brown had a leadoff double, but Kirk Nieuwenhuis grounded out and Brown was also caught on the play advancing to third. Omar Quintanilla then had a game-ending groundout. Allan Dykstra, Quintanilla and Brown all had homered as the 51s built a 7-0 lead in the fifth. Zach Lutz's two-run homer in the seventh had staked Vegas to a 9-8 lead. Brown finished 4-for-5 with two RBIs. Starter Logan Verrett surrendered six runs in five innings. Box

Mets AA - BINGHAMTON 9, NEW HAMPSHIRE 8 (14 innings):Kyle Johnson had a one-out double and scored on Matt Reynolds' single two batters later as Binghamton took the lead in the top of the 14th. Johnson had advanced to third base on Brian Burgamy's single. John Church tossed a perfect bottom half with two strikeouts for his first save of the season. The Mets had squandered a 7-0 lead. Starter Tyler Pill allowed two runs on six hits and a walk in 5 2/3 innings. He also tossed two wild pitches. Reliever T.J. Chism was charged with five runs while recording only one out. Binghamton did take an 8-7 lead into the bottom of the eighth, but Jack Leathersich surrendered a run. Reynolds and Jayce Boyd each finished 4-for-7. Darrell Ceciliani contributed a two-run homer in the third inning. Box

Mets High A - LAKELAND 3, ST. LUCIE 2: Lance Durham drove in the go-ahead run with an eighth-inning double against St. Lucie reliever Paul Sewald. With Chad Wright at second base and two outs, Durhman lined Sewald's offering into to left field. Maikis De La Cruz initially broke in, but the ball was hit deep. By the time De La Cruz recovered, it went just beyond his glove and to the wall to score the tiebreaking run. Lakeland reliever Jade Todd had inherited runners on the corners with one out in the seventh in a 2-all game. He struck out Brandon Nimmo and got T.J. Rivera to ground out to preserve the tie. Gabriel Ynoa made his best start of the season for the Mets. He pitched a season-high seven innings and struck out five. Ynoa allowed seven hits and two runs in a no-decision. The Flying Tigers opened the scoring in the third. Wright, Curt Powell and Jeff McVaney all singled against Ynoa with two outs. McVaney’s hit scored Wright to make it 1-0. Dilson Herrera tied the score at 1 in the fourth with a leadoff homer, his second long ball of the year. Eudy Pina gave the Mets a brief 2-1 lead with a two-out RBI single later in the frame. The Flying Tigers tied the score at 2 in the fifth. McVaney lined a full-count pitch from Ynoa off the left-field wall to plate Tyler Hanover. Drew Longley tried to score from first on the play, but the throws from De La Cruz to Phillip Evans and on to catcher Albert Cordero beat him to end the inning. Herrera and Nimmo finished with two hits apiece. Box

Mets A - CHARLESTON 10, SAVANNAH 3: Charleston third baseman Miguel Andujar homered twice to hand the Gnats a three-game losing streak for the first time this season. The RiverDogs scored the game’s opening run in the third on Mike Ford's double against Savannah starter Chris Flexen. Andujar’s three-run homer against Flexen in the fifth staked Charleston to a 4-0 lead. Trailing 5-0, the Gnats (28-14) scored their lone runs in the sixth. Two walks and a single loaded the bases for Dominic Smith, who produced a two-run single through the hole on the right side. The hit snapped the Gnats’ 0-for-20 streak with runners in scoring position in the two games against Charleston. Victor Cruzado followed with an RBI single as the Gnats pulled within 5-3. Andujar hooked a two-run homer down the left-field line against reliever Dawrin Frias in the seventh for a 7-3 lead. The Dogs added three runs against Savannah closer Robert Coles in the ninth, snapping Coles’ scoreless streak at 18 2/3 innings to begin the season. Jeff McNeil went 2-for-3 with a double to extend his hitting streak to 11 straight games. Box